Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Style Stalking... Fode Sylla

For the last two consecutive seasons one of the real highlights of the year has been our visits to 16 Hanover Square at the beginning of London Fashion Week for the Showroom Next Door. The Touba Distribution curated showroom allowed us the opportunity to inspect and fantasise over a few of my favourite brands while introducing me to a few new ones. The idea behind the showroom was to create a wardrobe of menswear and they undoubtedly excelled. Each season the space became our dream walk in wardrobe the moment we stepped inside. More than that though, it is a space that exemplifies everything that we find exciting about menswear design; namely its diversity and constant sense of evolution and revolution. After a series of excited ramblings that saw us wax lyrical about a selection of real seasonal highlights we wanted to take stock and learn more about the Showroom Next Door and the people behind it. What better way than to style stalk ToubaDistribution's very own Fode Sylla?

Now, we've had the pleasure of featuring quite a few seven day style diaries over the last couple of years but Fode's is without doubt the most honest and has been the easiest to stalk. From the moment we dropped him an email, he began documenting each of his outfits and on the seventh day, our inbox was treated to the complete series. Such a pleasant surprise. As the man himself didn't hang about, nor should we. Here are seven days of style with Fode Sylla...

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Day One Sunday morning. The sun was hesitant at first but the day was nice nonetheless. Time for a quiet wind down after the craziness of the festive period.

Jumper - Armorlux

Shirt - Uniqlo

Jeans - Kitsune

Glasses - Cutler and Gross vintage

Trainers - Nike

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Day Two

Coat: Barbour

Jacket and Jeans: Sable Clutch

Boots: Crockett & Jones

Woolen Hat: Neighborhood

Glasses: Bruno Chaussignand

Chunky knitted scarf: The Inoue Brothers

Gloves: Takeo Kikuchi

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Day Three

Melton Wool Coat : Lanvin

Sweat Shirt: Old Polo Ralph Lauren

Shirt: Junya Watanabe

Neckerchief: From Labour and Wait

Jeans: Vintage Levis 505

Mocassins: Be Positive (my favourite at the moment for smart and ultimate comfort amazing)

Rucksack: Comme des Garcon

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Day FourOne of my late night and very early rise days...

Black Wool Suit: Raf Simmons

Gingham shirt: Comme des Garcons

Jumper: Casely-Hayford (one of my favourites. I wish I could wear it without layering it as it has an amazing neckline. Maybe some day after a few more visits to the gym!!!)